Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1949
How many pages is Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has a median of 191 pages across 409 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 141 to 235 pages.
How long will Romeo and Juliet take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 199 | 65 | 3 h 30 min |
| Paperback | 176 | 100 | 3 h 06 min |
| Mass market | 166 | 13 | 2 h 56 min |
Editions counted
The 409 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 52 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 987 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Fall River Press | – | 106 | OL31212626M |
| 2013 | Saddleback Educational Publishing, Incorporated | – | 110 | OL29676979M |
| 2013 | Black Cat Publishing (an Imprint of Cideb Editrice) | paperback | 146 | OL31859464M |
| 2013 | Ember | – | 214 | OL30734163M |
| 2012 | CGP | Paperback | 93 | OL12568904M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 128 | OL54443602M |
| 2012 | Oxford University Press | – | 96 | OL28775590M |
| 2012 | Sterling Signature | – | 396 | OL25247169M |
| 2012 | Sovereign | – | 130 | OL31033726M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 160 | OL28462799M |
| 2011 | Ignatius Press | – | 261 | OL25010623M |
| 2011 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 121 | OL37058293M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 110 | OL54428715M |
| 2011 | Simon & Schuster Paperbacks | Paperback | 368 | OL26011574M |
| 2011 | Collins Classics | Paperback | 300 | OL32402892M |
| 2010 | Prestwick House | Paperback | 246 | OL9811985M |
| 2010 | Cricket House Books | Paperback | 141 | OL32713208M |
| 2010 | Washington Square Press | Hardcover | 304 | OL10723822M |
| 2010 | Cassia Press | Paperback | 117 | OL26456687M |
| 2009 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 308 | OL25562275M |
| 2009 | Palgrave Macmillan Limited | – | 216 | OL28457118M |
| 2009 | Nick Hern Books | Paperback | 320 | OL26091516M |
| 2009 | Heinemann | Hardcover | 325 | OL32852136M |
| 2009 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 161 | OL24022479M |
| 2009 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | – | 242 | OL29672492M |
| 2009 | The Modern Library | Paperback | 203 | OL25008509M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 142 | OL23224451M |
| 2008 | Maskew Miller Longman | Paperback | 214 | OL11023033M |
| 2008 | Focus Pub./R. Pullins | Paperback | 144 | OL25112880M |
| 2008 | Pearson Education, Limited | – | 88 | OL29034802M |
| 2008 | University of Delaware Press | – | 175 | OL16365013M |
| 2008 | Arden Shakespeare | Paperback | 192 | OL8768155M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Hardcover | 112 | OL10579974M |
| 2007 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 192 | OL17218000M |
| 2007 | Echo Library | Paperback | 132 | OL11681676M |
| 2007 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 265 | OL22527460M |
| 2007 | Barnes & Noble | Paperback | 370 | OL11689379M |
| 2007 | Methuen Drama | Paperback | 370 | OL28687396M |
| 2007 | Filiquarian | Paperback | 200 | OL12502524M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 112 | OL10575054M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 120 | OL11826612M |
| 2006 | Wiley Pub. | Paperback | 222 | OL23139632M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 168 | OL10416681M |
| 2006 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | – | 240 | OL29673098M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 180 | OL10370493M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Paperback | 116 | OL8491619M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 188 | OL9613110M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 168 | OL10370606M |
| 2005 | Penguin Books Ltd | Paperback | 320 | OL7358315M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 170 | OL10370397M |
| 2005 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 142 | OL3436323M |
| 2005 | Pearson Longman | Paperback | 286 | OL10695889M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library | Hardcover | 116 | OL8491597M |
| 2005 | Prestwick House | Paperback | 111 | OL24382037M |
| 2005 | Sourcebooks mediaFusion | Paperback | 370 | OL3407491M |
| 2005 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 238 | OL7748875M |
| 2005 | Riverhead Trade | Paperback | 208 | OL12434322M |
| 2005 | dtv | Paperback | 294 | OL9032546M |
| 2005 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 168 | OL10416591M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 172 | OL9841870M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 216 | OL7652832M |
| 2004 | Yale University Press | Paperback | 222 | OL32293586M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 156 | OL8482494M |
| 2004 | Tandem Library | Library Binding | 281 | OL8459383M |
| 2004 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | Turtleback | 279 | OL10943638M |
| 2004 | Perfection Learning Corp. | Library Binding | 320 | OL3437939M |
| 2004 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 281 | OL23110500M |
| 2003 | Palgrave Macmillan | Paperback | 400 | OL10558837M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 120 | OL11728049M |
| 2003 | Puck Press | Paperback | 152 | OL12332045M |
| 2003 | SparkNotes | Hardcover | 287 | OL8428632M |
| 2003 | Spark Publishing | Paperback | 287 | OL3672698M |
| 2003 | Cambridge University Press | – | 266 | OL3566121M |
| 2002 | Washington Square Press (Pocket Books) | Mass Market Paperback | 281 | OL7951025M |
| 2002 | Barron's | Paperback | 302 | OL3950604M |
| 2002 | Teachers Discovery | Paperback | 108 | OL7993465M |
| 2002 | Rebound by Sagebrush | Library Binding | 302 | OL7600498M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 120 | OL11645651M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 120 | OL11645652M |
| 2002 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 270 | OL3948356M |
| 2002 | Cambridge University Press | – | 288 | OL28425701M |
| 2001 | Applause Books | Paperback | 226 | OL8602198M |
| 2001 | Oxford University Press | – | 141 | OL3967039M |
| 2001 | Everest Pub | Paperback | 88 | OL13221264M |
| 2001 | The Modern Library | Hardcover | 101 | OL3943751M |
| 2001 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 144 | OL9559193M |
| 2001 | Scholastic, Inc. | Mass Market Paperback | 126 | OL7543692M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 128 | OL6806563M |
| 2000 | Yale Univ Pr | Paperback | 180 | OL10317397M |
| 2000 | Published for the Malone Society by Oxford University Press | Hardcover | 91 | OL3962872M |
| 2000 | Hungry Minds | Paperback | 231 | OL8051886M |
| 2000 | Wordsworth Classics | Paperback | 160 | OL8914253M |
| 1999 | Cambridge University Press | – | 132 | OL34407854M |
| 1999 | Lorenz Educational Pub. | Paperback | 248 | OL56546M |
| 1999 | S. French | Paperback | 128 | OL7859687M |
| 1999 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 336 | OL7645344M |
| 1999 | Troll | Mass Market Paperback | 125 | OL11385260M |
| 1999 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 154 | OL6804589M |
| 1999 | ITP Nelson | Library Binding | 304 | OL10124594M |
| 1999 | Prestwick House, Incorporated | Paperback | 104 | OL9687088M |
| 1998 | Signet Classic | Mass Market Paperback | 224 | OL22980890M |
| 1998 | Cambridge University Press | – | 220 | OL69578M |
| 1998 | Perfection Learning Corporation | Covercraft | 265 | OL102281M |
| 1998 | Applause | Paperback | 120 | OL664487M |
| 1997 | Arden Shakespeare | Paperback | 292 | OL10124598M |
| 1997 | Everyman (J.M. Dent | Paperback | 259 | OL1157523M |
| 1997 | Arden Shakespeare | – | 304 | OL7381570M |
| 1997 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 220 | OL1547380M |
| 1996 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 295 | OL21909942M |
| 1995 | Prentice Hall, Harvester Wheatsheaf | – | 128 | OL1115876M |
| 1995 | Educational Company of Ireland | – | 167 | OL16449990M |
| 1995 | Lorenz Educational Publishers | – | 248 | OL1131608M |
| 1995 | University of Delaware Press | Hardcover | 155 | OL1275866M |
| 1995 | University of Delaware | – | 155 | OL22224771M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books Ltd | Paperback | 160 | OL7357105M |
| 1994 | Longman | Hardcover | 384 | OL7879999M |
| 1994 | NTC Publishing Group | Paperback | 242 | OL1746812M |
| 1994 | Reclam, Ditzingen | Paperback | 218 | OL9019011M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 134 | OL7399644M |
| 1993 | Heinemann Educational Publishers | – | 288 | OL7508269M |
| 1993 | Flammarion | Mass Market Paperback | 275 | OL8841859M |
| 1993 | Longman Trade/Caroline House | Paperback | 368 | OL7879669M |
| 1993 | Oxford University Press | – | 168 | OL7399633M |
| 1993 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 92 | OL1733521M |
| 1993 | HarperCollins Publishers | Paperback | 272 | OL9211272M |
| 1992 | Washington Square Books, published by Pocket Books | Paperback | 281 | OL24933989M |
| 1992 | Wordsworth Editions | Paperback | 140 | OL8978395M |
| 1990 | Stanley Thornes | Paperback | 285 | OL20574942M |
| 1990 | Five Star Publications | Paperback | 136 | OL8517860M |
| 1990 | Hyperion Books | Hardcover | 238 | OL12078788M |
| 1990 | Boynton/Cook Publishers | – | 159 | OL1871568M |
| 1990 | Gramercy Books | Hardcover | 127 | OL1884940M |
| 1989 | Thornes | – | 112 | OL22426264M |
| 1989 | GuildAmerica Books | Hardcover | 295 | OL8690327M |
| 1988 | Penguin Classics | Paperback | 150 | OL7357392M |
| 1988 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 166 | OL2393615M |
| 1987 | Longman | – | 330 | OL21550967M |
| 1987 | Longman | Paperback | 330 | OL2462470M |
| 1987 | Signet Classic | Mass Market Paperback | 248 | OL7577135M |
| 1986 | Signet Classic (New American Library) | Mass Market Paperback | 232 | OL7576879M |
| 1985 | Hutchinson | – | 282 | OL17353819M |
| 1985 | Perfection Form Co. | – | 278 | OL2425405M |
| 1985 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | Library Binding | 282 | OL9361032M |
| 1985 | CBC Enterprises/Les Enterprises Radio-Canada | Paperback | 153 | OL26535844M |
| 1985 | Barron's | Paperback | 282 | OL2865205M |
| 1984 | Learning Links | Paperback | 282 | OL9980369M |
| 1984 | Cambridge University Press | – | 249 | OL3165811M |
| 1984 | University Press of America | – | 139 | OL2843137M |
| 1983 | Knopf | – | 121 | OL3507470M |
| 1983 | Swan Books | – | 129 | OL3170160M |
| 1983 | Joseph | – | 121 | OL16534355M |
| 1982 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 164 | OL7399619M |
| 1980 | Routledge | – | 292 | OL7481162M |
| 1980 | Methuen | Paperback | 280 | OL4425851M |
| 1979 | Swan Books | – | 129 | OL4431751M |
| 1978 | Mayflower Books | Paperback | 112 | OL4734842M |
| 1978 | Gloucester | Paperback | 112 | OL10634929M |
| 1975 | Clarendon Press | – | 192 | OL4603968M |
| 1974 | Macmillan | – | 241 | OL5122165M |
| 1974 | Cambridge University Press | – | 249 | OL23756261M |
| 1974 | University of London Press | – | 191 | OL5239676M |
| 1972 | Washington Square Press | Mass Market Paperback | 113 | OL26502026M |
| 1972 | Folio Society | Hardcover | 131 | OL16668603M |
| 1972 | Pan Books | Paperback | 128 | OL32293766M |
| 1972 | Collins | – | 272 | OL5462924M |
| 1970 | Washington Square Press | mass market paperback | 113 | OL32942764M |
| 1970 | Scott, Foresman | – | 118 | OL5219057M |
| 1969 | Cambridge University Press | – | 249 | OL5719850M |
| 1969 | Scholastic Book Services | Mass Market Paperback | 126 | OL33088952M |
| 1969 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 304 | OL7716764M |
| 1969 | Evans Bros | – | 235 | OL21201826M |
| 1968 | Mercure de France | – | 179 | OL5675238M |
| 1968 | Dell Pub. Co. | – | 317 | OL5598393M |
| 1968 | Fallon | – | 223 | OL33220157M |
| 1968 | Funk & Wagnalls | – | 167 | OL5596285M |
| 1967 | Penguin | – | 295 | OL5641221M |
| 1967 | Heinemann | – | 264 | OL7508266M |
| 1967 | Heinemann | – | 257 | OL5664830M |
| 1966 | Watts | – | 158 | OL22946971M |
| 1966 | Blaisdell Pub. Co. | – | 126 | OL5998057M |
| 1966 | Clarendon Press | – | 91 | OL16662435M |
| 1966 | John Wiley & Sons | – | 126 | OL23314531M |
| 1965 | Kraus | – | 141 | OL22387272M |
| 1965 | Kraus | – | 95 | OL22387274M |
| 1965 | Kraus | – | 179 | OL22387291M |
| 1965 | Kraus Reprint | – | 141 | OL17258243M |
| 1965 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 174 | OL32247718M |
| 1964 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 220 | OL24869354M |
| 1964 | Signet Classics | – | 238 | OL7576934M |
| 1964 | Duke University Press | – | 170 | OL5909281M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 221 | OL15178528M |
| 1964 | Clarendon Press | – | 192 | OL19227157M |
| 1963 | University Press | – | 249 | OL18028129M |
| 1962 | Washington Square Press, Inc. | Paperback | 184 | OL10972951M |
| 1961 | Macmillan | – | 216 | OL22389232M |
| 1961 | Shakespeare Recording Society | Paperback | 110 | OL27931047M |
| 1960 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 150 | OL6271850M |
| 1959 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 113 | OL24516692M |
| 1959 | Washington Square Press | Mass Market Paperback | 107 | OL5790165M |
| 1959 | Washington Square Press | paperback | 107 | OL40230236M |
| 1959 | Cambridge University Press | – | 139 | OL18867633M |
| 1959 | A. Mondadori | – | 297 | OL20210874M |
| 1958 | Dell Pub. Co. | – | 223 | OL6243463M |
| 1955 | University Press | – | 249 | OL15963001M |
| 1955 | University Press | – | 249 | OL16675556M |
| 1954 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 174 | OL6115699M |
| 1953 | Penguin | – | 155 | OL21833947M |
| 1952 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 144 | OL26882675M |
| 1950 | The Folio Society | Hardcover | 131 | OL24631377M |
| 1949 | Shakespeare Association & Sidgwick & Jackson | – | 100 | OL16738202M |
| 1949 | Shakespeare Association | – | 91 | OL6108082M |
| 1947 | Walter H Baker Co | Paperback | 110 | OL10642772M |
| 1947 | Clarendon Press | – | 192 | OL6028757M |
| 1946 | Yale University Press | – | 144 | OL15962929M |
| 1940 | Ginn and Company | – | 233 | OL6399533M |
| 1937 | For the Members of the Heritage Club | – | 125 | OL17591707M |
| 1937 | Penguin Books | – | 155 | OL19694852M |
| 1936 | Random House | – | 290 | OL6338131M |
| 1936 | B.T. Batsford | – | 95 | OL44130557M |
| 1935 | Macmillan | – | 131 | OL19664569M |
| 1935 | Heritage Press | – | 125 | OL6332136M |
| 1935 | J.M.Dent & sons ltd. | – | 154 | OL6324356M |
| 1933 | Copp Clark Pub. Co | – | 150 | OL19694891M |
| 1933 | [Smith college] | – | 88 | OL6299852M |
| 1927 | Methuen | – | 199 | OL17624410M |
| 1924 | Madison | – | 116 | OL6671012M |
| 1921 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 224 | OL23651261M |
| 1921 | Macmillan co. | – | 181 | OL20433490M |
| 1920 | Scott Foresman and Company | Hardcover | 230 | OL24231427M |
| 1917 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 144 | OL6602039M |
| 1917 | The Macmillan Company | – | 181 | OL6600612M |
| 1916 | D. C. Heath | – | 235 | OL26501994M |
| 1916 | Ginn | Hardcover | 150 | OL7240307M |
| 1916 | D. C. Heath | – | 235 | OL26501993M |
| 1916 | Ginn and Company | Hardcover | 150 | OL6589316M |
| 1916 | D. C. Heath | – | 235 | OL26501986M |
| 1916 | D. C. Heath | – | 235 | OL26501995M |
| 1914 | Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. | – | 253 | OL24837766M |
| 1914 | Scott, Foresman | Hardcover | 214 | OL6569110M |
| 1913 | D.C. Heath & co. | Hardcover | 235 | OL6563890M |
| 1913 | D.C. Heath & Co. | Hardcover | 235 | OL26501979M |
| 1911 | Macmillan | – | 158 | OL7228020M |
| 1911 | The Macmillan Company | – | 158 | OL6533359M |
| 1911 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 129 | OL6537966M |
| 1907 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 297 | OL22364476M |
| 1907 | T. Y. Crowell & Co. | – | 285 | OL6989302M |
| 1907 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 224 | OL24231582M |
| 1907 | American Book Co. | Hardcover | 297 | OL7063217M |
| 1907 | American Book Company | – | 297 | OL20619926M |
| 1906 | Dent | – | 158 | OL16211986M |
| 1906 | Educational Publishing Company | – | 149 | OL16789582M |
| 1905 | J. M. Dent | Hardcover | 159 | OL26501901M |
| 1905 | Macmillan and Co. Limited | – | 216 | OL7044287M |
| 1904 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 297 | OL24816429M |
| 1904 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 297 | OL20481407M |
| 1904 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 297 | OL24786248M |
| 1904 | Baker & Taylor co. | Hardcover | 224 | OL20484100M |
| 1903 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 216 | OL26501337M |
| 1901 | Dent | – | 158 | OL16905078M |
| 1901 | University Society | – | 193 | OL23330723M |
| 1901 | Samuel French | Paperback | 88 | OL26501871M |
| 1900 | Dent | – | 159 | OL19911788M |
| 1900 | Musson Book Company | – | 206 | OL21855258M |
| 1900 | Methuen | – | 199 | OL7042733M |
| 1900 | Methuen | Hardcover | 199 | OL22599776M |
| 1900 | H.M. Caldwell Co. | Hardcover | 138 | OL6775053M |
| 1900 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 171 | OL17605400M |
| 1900 | Methuen | Hardcover | 199 | OL7077442M |
| 1900 | Methuen | Hardcover | 199 | OL23033716M |
| 1899 | R.H. Russell | Hardcover | 110 | OL17807538M |
| 1899 | R. H. Russell | Paperback | 110 | OL26501799M |
| 1899 | R.H. Russell | Hardcover | 110 | OL529958M |
| 1897 | J.M. Dent and Co. | Hardcover | 159 | OL20554390M |
| 1896 | J M Dent | Hardcover | 159 | OL16211990M |
| 1895 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 222 | OL24774258M |
| 1893 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 216 | OL26501788M |
| 1892 | Duprat | – | 170 | OL26638290M |
| 1892 | Harper & Brothers | – | 224 | OL26501626M |
| 1891 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 224 | OL26501779M |
| 1890 | Harper & Brothers | – | 224 | OL7073247M |
| 1890 | De Wolfe, Fiske & Co. | Hardcover | 188 | OL26501778M |
| 1889 | The Shakespeare Society of New York | Hardcover | 233 | OL21246946M |
| 1887 | C. Praetorius | Hardcover | 87 | OL21215956M |
| 1887 | C. Praetorius | Hardcover | 87 | OL13446071M |
| 1887 | Ginn & Company | Hardcover | 186 | OL26501357M |
| 1886 | C. Praetorius | Hardcover | 91 | OL32234232M |
| 1881 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 222 | OL20515879M |
| 1879 | Harper & Brothers | – | 222 | OL6640421M |
| 1875 | Trübner | – | 141 | OL16553773M |
| 1875 | Trubner | Paperback | 141 | OL13906750M |
| 1874 | Published for the New Shakspere Society, by N. Trübner | – | 179 | OL23330724M |
| 1874 | Trübner | – | 179 | OL13562118M |
| 1874 | published for The New Shakespeare Society by N. Trübner | Hardcover | 178 | OL17335020M |
| 1874 | published for The New Shakspere Society by N. Trübner | – | 95 | OL17335025M |
| 1874 | Published for the New Shakspere Society by N. Trübner | – | 95 | OL14673028M |
| 1859 | Gerhard Stalling | – | 183 | OL17027424M |
| 1818 | Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung | Hardcover | 137 | OL26501558M |
| 1773 | Printed for John Bell ... | – | 152 | OL20137305M |
| 1623 | Printed [by William Stansby] for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to | – | 88 | OL26501373M |
| 1599 | Printed by Thomas Creede for Cuthbert Burby ... | – | 92 | OL620294M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Romeo and Juliet?
- About 191 pages: that is the median of 409 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 87 to 400 pages.
- How long does it take to read Romeo and Juliet?
- About 3 h 22 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is Romeo and Juliet?
- Roughly 53,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).